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San Francisco, CA: Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Inc and Adobe Systems Inc have reached a pre-trial settlement of $324 million, potentially ending an antitrust and unfair business practices class action lawsuit that brought by Silicon Valley tech engineers. The lawsuit alleged that the four tech giants conspired to hold down salaries in Silicon Va... - McDonald’s the Latest Corporation to Face California Overtime Lawsuit
Mar-21-14 Los Angeles, CA McDonald’s is the latest large corporation to face a California unpaid overtime lawsuit. Although lawsuits against some corporations allege employees are denied overtime pay due to security measures, in the case of McDonald’s, the lawsuits allege among other things that employees are not properly paid for work done during ov... - Amazon Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
An unpaid wages lawsuit class action lawsuit has been filed against Amazon alleging the company violated Pennsylvania employment laws by failing to pay employees for all time worked for the company. The unpaid wages claim alleges employees were not properly paid for time spent waiting for a screening process at the end of their shift or prior to meal... - Study Suggests Link between Statins and Diabetes
Jan-28-14 Boston, MA Another statin study has suggested a link between the use of statins such as Lipitor and an increased risk of diabetes. Although the study notes that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes while undergoing statin therapy is small, there is a risk nonetheless. Meanwhile, a different statin study suggests that eating healthy might be just as e... - Statin Study: Should Patients Eat an Apple Instead?
Jan-21-14 Bellingham, WA When it comes to discussions of risks versus benefits, few drugs have as much controversy as Crestor and other drugs in the statin category. Concerns about Crestor side effects and other statin side effects have led some critics to argue that statins are in fact over-prescribed. Meanwhile, new guidelines from health agencies about managi... - New California Overtime Laws Set to Take Effect in 2014
Dec-28-13 Anaheim, CA New California overtime laws are set to take effect as of January 1, 2014. Those laws will make a new category of worker eligible for overtime pay in California. Specifically, domestic workers in California will now be covered by overtime pay laws. Under the law (found online at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), which was approved by the gove... - Unpaid Wages Lawsuits
Dec-20-13 Denver, CO These days, unpaid wages lawsuits run the gamut from unpaid overtime wages to not paying minimum wage to not actually paying employees for all the work they do. In some cases, that means employees are doing off-the-clock work for their employers. Some situations of unpaid wages are clear-cut, such as when an employee is actually carrying out... - Urban Outfitters Faces California Overtime Lawsuit
Nov-12-13 San Diego, CA Urban Outfitters faces a California overtime lawsuit alleging the company failed to properly pay employees for all hours worked, in violation of overtime laws. The Urban Outfitters overtime pay lawsuit is similar to a lawsuit filed against Apple earlier this year. According to the lawsuit (case number 37-2013-00073549-CU-OE-CTL, file... - Egress Regress: When Did Your Employer Commence Ownership of You?
Oct-31-13 Santa Clara, CA It used to be that you started your workday precisely at 9 a.m. and ended it at 5 p.m., with an hour off for lunch. Other jobs were governed by the punch-clock. As of the instant you punched in, you were “on the clock” and on the job. At the point where you punched out, your work had ended and you were free to go. And there was... - California Overtime Law: Money Earned Is Money Earned
Aug-16-13 Anaheim, CA Employees who are not exempt from California overtime pay should be paid time-and-a-half for their hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a week. That is what overtime pay laws state. Unfortunately, employees are often classified as exempt from overtime pay, or their duties off the clock are not classified as “time spent working”... - Apple Faces California Overtime Lawsuit
Aug-1-13 San Francisco, CA Apple Inc. may be known for its high-tech gadgets and its Apple stores, but it may soon be known for a lawsuit alleging violations of overtime laws . The lawsuit, filed by employees in California and New York, alleges employees were not properly given overtime pay for all the duties they performed as part of their job. The lawsuit,... - Penguin to Pay $75M in eBook Pricing Class Action Settlement
Seattle, WA: Book publisher Penguin has agreed to pay $75 million to settle an ebook pricing class action lawsuit, making it the last of the major publishers to settle. HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Macmillan have all settled with both the states and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Penguin settled with the DOJ several months ago. App... - $20M Settlement Reached in MacMillan eBook Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $20 million settlement has been agreed in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH' MacMillan unit, which alleged the publisher conspired with Apple Inc, and other US publishers to fix prices of electronic books, or ebooks. The settlement resolves the allegations brought in t... - One Little Girl's Nightmare With Food Poisoning
Sep-22-12 Turlock, CA Anyone having any doubt as to the seriousness and severity of foodborne illness and food poisoning , need only look to the Crutcher family of Turlock, California. Cindy and Les Crutcher's daughter, Isabella, required a kidney transplant after being hit with an E. coli bacterial infection, presumably from bad food. It is not known if the f... - Dangerous Amounts of Arsenic Found in Rice-based Food Products
Sep-19-12 Washington, DC Many popular rice products including organic rice baby cereal, rice breakfast cereals, brown rice, and white rice contain varying levels of carcinogenic arsenic , according to the results of tests to be announced Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Reports. The tests were done by Consumer Reports on more... - Publishers Reach Settlement Agreement over eBook Pricing Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $69 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by US states and territories against Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster over ebook pricing. According to Publishers Weekly, if the agreement receives court approval, Hachette will pay $31,711,425, HarperCollins will pay $19,575,246, and Simon & Schuster will pa... - Apple Wins $1B Patent Infringement Lawsuit
San Jose, CA: After three days of deliberation, a jury found Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world' largest electronics companies, guilty of patent infringement and awarded Apple Inc. $1 billion—one of the largest ever patent awards. The verdict said that Samsung violated a series of Apple's patents related to the software and design of mobile dev... - Recall to Prevent Listeria Food Poisoning Crosses 36 States
Aug-19-12 Swedesboro, NJ Apple slices that were introduced as a healthier addition to the iconic 'Happy Meal' for children at McDonald's could be contaminated with Listeria and are part of a food recall aimed at preventing a possible outbreak of food poisoning . The recalled product, which was shipped to numerous other retailers and food suppliers, reportedly cou... - Apple iPhone 4 Antenna Lawsuit Reaches Preliminary Settlement
New York, NY: A preliminary settlement has been reached in a defective products class-action lawsuit against Apple that alleges underperformance of its iPhone 4 resulting from antenna problems. The class for the lawsuit is comprised of 25 million US residents who could receive a $15 in cash or a bumper case provided by Apple under the terms of the s... - Apple Inc Faces Antitrust Lawsuit over iPhone Carrier Contracts
New York, NY: Apple Inc, is facing a potential antitrust class action lawsuit regarding the exclusive deals it struck with carriers and the way it runs the APP Store. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that "Prior to launch, Apple entered into a secret five-year contract with AT&T that established AT&T as the exclusive provider of cell phone voice...